Originally posted by: tikwanleap
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Culinarily it is considered a vegetable.
Botanically it is considered a fruit.
Both are correct. It depends on why you want to know.
Just because. Why ask why? :evil:
your AV has ovariesOriginally posted by: FoBoT
tomato is the ovary. there you go. fruit all the way
chicks are fruits, guys are not, we don't have ovaries or seeds
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Originally posted by: tikwanleap
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Culinarily it is considered a vegetable.
Botanically it is considered a fruit.
Both are correct. It depends on why you want to know.
Just because. Why ask why? :evil:
What I meant was, if you are asking "is that round red structure on that plant a fruit or a vegetable?" versus "is that tasty red thing on my salad a fruit or a vegetable?"
Originally posted by: moshquerade
your AV has ovariesOriginally posted by: FoBoT
tomato is the ovary. there you go. fruit all the way
chicks are fruits, guys are not, we don't have ovaries or seeds
Originally posted by: silverpig
The REAL answer is it is both.
Fruits are a subset of vegetables. Vegetables are any edible plant material, fruits are the fleshy material surrounding or containing the seeds.
Originally posted by: tikwanleap
Originally posted by: moshquerade
your AV has ovariesOriginally posted by: FoBoT
tomato is the ovary. there you go. fruit all the way
chicks are fruits, guys are not, we don't have ovaries or seeds
What's an AV?
Originally posted by: LeiZaK
Originally posted by: silverpig
The REAL answer is it is both.
Fruits are a subset of vegetables. Vegetables are any edible plant material, fruits are the fleshy material surrounding or containing the seeds.
Don't know where you got that info, but it is VASTLY incomplete.
Originally posted by: LeiZaK
Originally posted by: silverpig
The REAL answer is it is both.
Fruits are a subset of vegetables. Vegetables are any edible plant material, fruits are the fleshy material surrounding or containing the seeds.
Don't know where you got that info, but it is VASTLY incomplete.
Originally posted by: So
Scientifically, it's a fruit.
Legally it's a vegetable.
Personally, I don't care.
When the US court going to declare that avocado is a vegetable?Botanically speaking a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. This would mean that technically it would be considered a fruit. However, from a culinary perspective the tomato is typically served as a meal, or part of a main course of a meal, meaning that it would be considered a vegetable. This argument has led to actual legal implications in the United States. In 1887, U.S. tariff laws which imposed a duty on vegetables but not on fruits caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. The U.S. Supreme Court settled this controversy in 1893, declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, along with cucumbers, squashes, beans, and peas, using the popular definition which classifies vegetables by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert. The case is known as Nix v. Hedden.
In concordance with this classification, the tomato has been proposed as the state vegetable of New Jersey.
Originally posted by: OffTopic
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) --From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Law makers know better than scientist :roll:Botanically speaking a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. This would mean that technically it would be considered a fruit. However, from a culinary perspective the tomato is typically served as a meal, or part of a main course of a meal, meaning that it would be considered a vegetable. This argument has led to actual legal implications in the United States. In 1887, U.S. tariff laws which imposed a duty on vegetables but not on fruits caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. The U.S. Supreme Court settled this controversy in 1893, declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, along with cucumbers, squashes, beans, and peas, using the popular definition which classifies vegetables by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert. The case is known as Nix v. Hedden.
In concordance with this classification, the tomato has been proposed as the state vegetable of New Jersey.
Originally posted by: Yossarian
it's an attention whore
Originally posted by: tikwanleap
Originally posted by: NatePo717
Originally posted by: LeiZaK
Contains citric acid and has seeds = It's a fruit
Ok, what about cucumbers? Fruit or vegetable?
Originally posted by: GhettoPeanut
if it has seeds its a fruit, this does not mean peas and what not.
this does not inlcude peas/beans/nuts.
so cucumbers are fruits
It's a vegetable, closely related to cucumbers, pumpkins and squash, and it's 92 percent water. But most folks consider it a fruit and don't think about the other oddities when they slice open a watermelon and serve it at picnics.